Bobcat Little League Junior Training Camp Underway

Little Leaguers ages 12-14 are invited out to the S-T High School baseball field to train for the upcoming "Fall Ball" season. The camp is being held from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays through mid August. Registration is free and open to all. Players receive instruction on basic skills and each session ends with a fun game of "Scrub." Registration for the "Fall Ball" program will begin in mid August.

S-T ISD Preps for New School Year

Putting the final touches on new gym logo.

The S-T ISD campus is a flurry of activity as we approach the 2005 school year. Workers are busy on a variety of improvements to the campus including a new fence at the baseball field, a concessions building for the softball field, and a new visitors press box at the football stadium. In addition to the obvious physical changes to the campus, there has been a near complete turnover in the coaching staff, and many administrative and faculty moves. The Signal extends a hearty welcome to all the new hires and wishes the current staff success in their new positions.

Snakes

Snakes alive and otherwise. Jessie May Wallek hates them all and tells us why in Historical Notes

Friends and Family Honor Brett Huser with Highway Cleanup

Participants gathered at the Starbucks where Brett worked.

On a cloudy but warm day in San Antonio, well over 100 of Brett Michael Huser's friends and family gathered to participate in the cleanup of Rogers Ranch Road. The section of roadway was chosen for its proximity to both the site of Brett's auto accident back in February, and the Starbucks where Brett worked prior to his passing. It was at this coffee house that Brett charmed himself into the hearts of a whole new group of friends and co-workers. These new friends, and many of his old ones, joined to do a good deed in celebration of Brett's short but precious life here on Earth. To honor what would have been Brett's 20th birthday, the Huser family released 20 balloons at Brett's grave site in Beeville's Memorial Park. A single balloon was reserved to be released at Starbucks prior to the cleanup. Starbucks contributed to Brett's legacy by donating to a charitable cause $10 per participant for each hour of volunteer work. The group of volunteers earned well over $1,000.00 when all was said and done. With the clean-up complete, Brett's mother, Desiree Huser, thanked everyone for their participation in the event and announced that Brett would have really enjoyed "seeing everyone out here sweating" on his behalf.

Lots of Fun at S-T Basketball Camp

Coach Grimes presents Zachary Mengers with a skill award.


Skidmore-Tynan students had the opportunity to meet two of our new coaches as they participated in a week-long basketball camp. Coaches Joseph L. Grimes III and Joseph Goynes led the camp for children entering 3rd through 9th grades. Instruction included such basic skills as dribbling, passing, and shooting, along with slightly more complex teamwork drills. The coaches did a great job mixing instruction with fun and games. Each session ended with the ever popular game "Knockout" and presentation of skill awards in the form of collectible basketball cards. By all accounts, the kids had a great time playing ball, getting to know the new coaches, and trading their new cards after practice. The camp culminated with a final written evaluation of each player and the presentation of souvenir t-shirts.

Got Milk

There was a time when laying your hands on a glass of milk meant laying your hands on a cow. Edwin Wallek Jr. reminisces about the good ol' days of fresh cream, homemade butter, and skimmed milk in Historical Notes

Bobcat Minor and Major All-Stars Attend Aviators Game

The Minor & Major All-Stars pose with "Ace the Aviator."

Bobcat Little League sent it's Minor and Major All-Star teams to see an Aviators game Friday night. Tickets for the event were donated by KFTX 97.5 "Real Country." The game proved to be an interesting one as it featured "three home runs, a bench-clearing incident, an ejection that led to helmets, baseballs and bases being thrown onto the field as well as plenty of late-inning dramatics..."

Bobcat Little League All-Stars Face Stiff Competition in District Tournament

The Bobcat Junior All-Stars recite the Little League Pledge.

The Bobcat Little League Minor, Major, and Junior All-Stars put up a valiant fight before finally being eliminated from the district tournament. The Minor All-Stars fell to Woodsboro in their first game by the narrow score of 8-7, rallied for a win over Ingleside in game 2, and were outgunned by Sinton 22-6 in their final game. The Major All-Stars also lost their first game to Woodsboro 8-2, then suffered a heartbreaking 10-9 loss to the team from South Live Oak after a strong late-game rally tied the score 9-9. Refugio defeated the Junior boys 6-3 in a close fought game that could easily have gone either way and Orange Grove followed suit in a more decisive 13-7 win over the Bobcats. All three teams are to be congratulated for keeping the scores respectable - especially considering this was their first year of All-Star play under the mantle of Bobcat Little League.


Junior All-Star Richard Torres rips one down the first base line.

Brett Huser Memorial Highway Cleanup

The next highway clean-up in honor of Brett Michael Huser will take place on Brett's birthday, July 18th 2004, in San Antonio. Brett passed away February 6, 2004 in a fatal car accident. Participants in the clean-up will meet at the Starbucks at l604 and Blanco at 2:00 pm. Brett's mother, Desiree Huser, writes " The clean-up will be a wonderful time for all of Bretts family and friends to get to know one another better and remember him on his special day. May God continue to bless each and everyone of you and, if you do decide to journey to San Antonio on the 18th, may you have a safe trip."

Baseball All-Stars Treated to Aviators Game

The Bobcat Little League Junior All-Stars watch the Aviators defeat the Amarillo Dillas. They are having more fun than it looks and Josh Petrus, using his Longhorn cap as a glove, is about to save the guy sitting in front of him from getting beaned in the head by a foul ball.

Bobcat Little League thanks KFTX 97.5 "Real Country" for their generous donation of Aviators tickets. KFTX General Manager "Dr. Bruce" Stratton provided enough tickets to send all three All-Star teams to see an Aviators game in Robstown. The Junior All-Stars had a blast at the Amarillo "Dillas" game last weekend and the Majors and Minors plan to catch Friday's "Pennant Night" match-up against Pensacola. Thank you Dr. Bruce!

Harvest Time

How many Aggies does is take to operate an International Harvester four-row self propelled combine? Edwin Wallek, Jr. answers this "Harvest Time" question in this week's Historical Notes.

Lions Club Raffles Rangers vs. Yankees Tickets

The Lions Club is raffling off 4 tickets to a Rangers home game vs. the New York Yankees, August 10th, 11th, or 12th. The raffle includes 1 night lodging in Arlington and a $20 gas card. 2nd place is a $25.00 Gift Certificate from Surprise Party Store. Other prizes will be awarded. Tickets are $2 each or 6 for $10.00. Raffle tickets may be purchased at the Chisholm Trail Cafe. Need not be present to win.

Lions Club Busy with Upcoming Fundraisers

Submitted by Lion Russ Duggins, Secretary.

We were unable to accomplish very much this past month. We experienced several inches of rain, 10 inches from around 2:00 P. M. ‘til 11:00 P. M. Our Fire Department was called out on several rescues and Lion Russ didn’t get much sleep. Being a member of the fire department, he was out assisting those who called for "help." For about twelve hours, Skidmore was cut-off from Beeville, Sinton and Mathis. You might say that we were an island for a while.

Lion John E. Simpson, Jr., our Vice-Governor elect and his lovely partner in service, Lion Dianne, from the Yorktown Lions visited with us at our first meeting. Lion John came and installed our new officers and we enjoyed our visit with him and Lion Dianne.

Our President, Lion Dave was contacted by Pake McEntire about the possibility of having him down to assist with a fund raiser. For those who might not know of Pake McEntire, he was part of the Singing McEntire’s. The group consisted of Pake, Reba and little sister, Susie. Everyone knows where Reba wound up. Pake took some time off to get his daughters through High School. Now, he is making a come back. We are working on getting this event planned and hoping that it will work out to be an annual event.

Lion Russ is in the middle of contacting all of the pro/semi athletic teams within the state and some of the college teams in the Kingsville/Corpus Christi area. Our idea is to have an "ALL SPORTS RAFFLE." Once we have received the answers to our requests, plans will start to come together. Hopefully, we will be able to have everything ready so we can advertise it around Christmas time.

Hopefully there will be more on these two events in the future. We have been looking for a fund raiser or two that will really assist us with our projects. If these two come together, they might just fill the ticket.

Our annual trek to Woodsboro has been canceled. The Woodsboro Lions have called off this years “Fourth of July on the Square” due to conflicting events. We are looking forward to going next year. We always enjoy being in Woodsboro at this time of year. The fellowship is GREAT.

Plans are in the works for our Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot and our Punt, Pass and Kick competition that is held at the school with the coaching staff assisting. Further information on these will be coming. -- Reprinted from July 2004 Lions Tale.